Limit recipes to a specific library?

cvlowe · 08-22-2014, 08:09 AM

Yesterday I created a couple sample recipes to try. Unfortunately, they seem to re-run from scratch every time I open calibre, tying the program up with running jobs for a long time- this prevents me from editing preferences and switching libraries. If I have a different library open other than my main one, these recipes create new files in the wrong library. Is there a way to limit these behaviors?

cvlowe · 08-22-2014, 08:59 AM

I have another question-

The default "recipes" create a new e-book every time instead of checking the old one, and end up re-downloading a lot of the same data over and over. The first two examples I checked today were Astronomy Picture of the day and Dilbert.. Is this normal behavior?

cvlowe · 08-25-2014, 10:51 AM

Does anybody have an answer to my questions? Or a link to where I can find the info?

kovidgoyal · 08-25-2014, 10:55 AM

If you dont want recipes to download the same articles, you need ot modify them, there is a code sample showing how to do that in one the stickythreads at the top of this forum.

cvlowe · 08-25-2014, 01:17 PM

Thanks for the response!

I assume you're talking about this post: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...5&postcount=10

I assume I would have to create a new recipe for each site I want based on the above template?

Would it be possible to have the recipe "edit" an existing e-pub file to add in the new info it downloads instead of creating a new one?

TIA!

kovidgoyal · 08-25-2014, 08:44 PM

No recipes cannot make changes to existing files.

08-22-2014, 08:09 AM	#1
cvlowe Enthusiast Posts: 36 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2014 Device: Calibre on laptop	Limit recipes to a specific library? Yesterday I created a couple sample recipes to try. Unfortunately, they seem to re-run from scratch every time I open calibre, tying the program up with running jobs for a long time- this prevents me from editing preferences and switching libraries. If I have a different library open other than my main one, these recipes create new files in the wrong library. Is there a way to limit these behaviors?

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08-22-2014, 08:59 AM	#2
cvlowe Enthusiast Posts: 36 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2014 Device: Calibre on laptop	I have another question- The default "recipes" create a new e-book every time instead of checking the old one, and end up re-downloading a lot of the same data over and over. The first two examples I checked today were Astronomy Picture of the day and Dilbert.. Is this normal behavior?

08-25-2014, 10:51 AM	#3
cvlowe Enthusiast Posts: 36 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2014 Device: Calibre on laptop	Does anybody have an answer to my questions? Or a link to where I can find the info?

08-25-2014, 10:55 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,851 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	If you dont want recipes to download the same articles, you need ot modify them, there is a code sample showing how to do that in one the stickythreads at the top of this forum.

08-25-2014, 01:17 PM	#5
cvlowe Enthusiast Posts: 36 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2014 Device: Calibre on laptop	Thanks for the response! I assume you're talking about this post: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...5&postcount=10 I assume I would have to create a new recipe for each site I want based on the above template? Would it be possible to have the recipe "edit" an existing e-pub file to add in the new info it downloads instead of creating a new one? TIA!

08-25-2014, 08:44 PM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,851 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No recipes cannot make changes to existing files.